Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 38463 — Reports on weeping out of fear

Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I traveled with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) from Makkah to Madinah and from Madinah to Makkah. Whenever Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) halted at a place, he would stand in prayer for half of the night, weeping a great deal during it. I asked: "What was this sound like?" He answered: "It was the sound of crying and wailing," and he would recite the verse of the Noble Qur'an: "And the stupor of death comes with the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid." [Qaf: 19]